James Carroll's former seat now hosts a different player. It seems Carroll will need to find a Day 1b bag if he's going to go back-to-back here at Venetian.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Sean Yu opened under the gun for 6,500 and Rich Alsup made it 18,000 on the button. Action folded back to Yu, who called. The flop brought 
and Yu check-folded to 10,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
230,000 | 186,500 |
|
90,000 | 5,000 |
Brad Cohen got his 50,000 in from the big blind with 
and was dominating an early player who held 
. After a 
flop, Cohen turned a queen to seal the deal. Good thing for him that he did as the river was the 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
110,000 |
Level: 14
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 3,000
Kao Saechao bet 8,500 from early position on an 
flop and saw a middle-position opponent make it 20,000. Saechao called and checked the turn. His opponent instantly set him in for about 55,000 more and Saechao needed only a moment before mucking.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
56,000 | 23,000 |
Three players checked the flop to make the board 
. The blinds checked again, but this time, Ryan Riess bet 8,000 into the pot of about 20,000 from the button. Only the big blind called. On the 
river, the big blind checked and Riess put in 58,000 which looked to be barely enough to cover his opponent.
About a minute later, the big blind called but couldn't beat 
for a flush. He mucked his hand but after the dealer verified the bet covered him, a player pointed out the cards needed to be exposed, and the dealer showed 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
175,000 | 98,000 |
With 
on the felt, Phil Gioia was in the big blind facing an all-in shove worth about 100K from Jesse Vilchez on his left. There was about 150,000 more in the pot already, and Gioia slid in calling chips.
Gioia: 
Vilchez: 
Vilchez was fading tens and jacks, and the 
was safe for him.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
495,000 | -80,000 |
|
357,000 |
Level: 13
Blinds: 1,500/2,500
Ante: 2,500
Players are on break.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
575,000 | 168,000 |
|
280,000 | 36,000 |
|
275,000 | 275,000 |
|
253,000 | 43,000 |
|
190,000 | 25,000 |
|
160,000 | 60,000 |
|
152,000 | 152,000 |
|
60,000 | 28,000 |
|
50,000 | -30,000 |
|
|
43,500 | -28,500 |
|
24,000 | -10,000 |
|
12,000 | -43,000 |